03350nam 2200565 a 450 991080999580332120240417021834.01-84964-323-71-281-73303-29786611733032(CKB)1000000000802623(StDuBDS)AH22933611(SSID)ssj0000308405(PQKBManifestationID)11264234(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308405(PQKBWorkID)10257980(PQKB)11089826(MiAaPQ)EBC3386461(Au-PeEL)EBL3386461(CaPaEBR)ebr10480064(CaONFJC)MIL173303(OCoLC)654104830(EXLCZ)99100000000080262320070821d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrRevolution in psychology alienation to emancipation /Ian Parker1st ed.London ;Ann Arbor, Mich. Pluto Press20071 online resource (272 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7453-2535-1 0-7453-2536-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- What Is Psychology? Meet the Family -- Psychology as Ideology: Individualism Explained -- Psychology at Work: Observation and Regulation of Alienated Activity -- Pathologising Dissent: Exploitation Isolated and Ratified -- Material Interests: the Manufacture of Distress -- Spiritless Conditions: Regulating Therapeutic Alternatives -- Professional Empowerment: Good Citizens -- Historical, Personal and Political: Psychology and Revolution -- Commonsense: Psychological Culture on the Left -- Elements of Opposition: Psychological Struggles Now -- Transitional Demands: Taking on Psychology -- What Next? Reading and Resources -- References -- Index."A radical methodological approach to psychology that is open to social change - in an anti-capitalist, anti-racist and feminist politics." Antonio Negri Psychology is meant to help people cope with the afflictions of modern society. But how useful is it? Ian Parker argues that current psychological practice has become part of the problem, rather than the solution.Ideal for undergraduates, this book deconstructs the discipline to reveal the neoliberal sensitivities that underlie its theory and practice. Psychology focuses on the happiness of 'the individual'. Yet it neglects the fact that the happiness of the individual depends on their social and political surroundings. Ian Parker argues that a new approach to psychology is needed. He offers an alternative vision, outlining how the discipline can be linked to political practice and how it can help people as part of a wider progressive agenda. This groundbreaking book is at the cutting edge of current thinking on the discipline and should be required reading on all psychology courses.PsychologyPhilosophyPsychologyPhilosophy.150.1Parker Ian1956-526847MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809995803321Revolution in psychology4056313UNINA